Kinect-Powered Dragon Shouts, More Coming To Skyrim

Dragon shouts are about to get more shouty, thanks to a free update to the Xbox 360 version of the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The download, set to release this month, will add Kinect support with more than 200 voice commands.

The video below breaks down just some of the new functionality, which goes far beyond merely aping your character's special dragon shouts. Players can use their voice to access quick saves, direct their allies in combat, sort through their inventories, and much more. Bethesda hinted that Kinect support was a possibility a few months back.

All right, Bethesda. You can scratch this one off our wish list. Now get to work addressing the rest of our DLC whims already!

Okay, now I know this is cool, and would be awesome to have, but I have a predicament. should I get a kinect to do this and have fun running around skyrim with it, or should I get a new x-box game? I still need to get MW# or BF3, probably the new forza motorsport. What should I DO!?
-J

Now I'm confused. If all this update does is add voice recognition, would it not have been easier to make it work with a regular headset mic (see: Binary Domain, HAWX) as opposed to requiring a Kinect?

What about for all us assholes that bought it for PC for the creation kit? There's one mod out right now that isn't in the steam workshop for this & the instructions are too difficult to understand. I have no idea who would be running this operation for the MicroSteam Skyrim *** but I feel like I just got MacroScammed!

Awesome! If more non-family games include Kinect, I may actually buy it.

I hope they include some way to see the words in dragon-language, because it would be awful if you wanted to do a shout but couldn't because you didn't know the words. I'm not sure if the shouts are listed with dragon-words already, but all I know is that it stands for example: "Unrelenting Force" and "Force, Balance, Push" on the shout-list.